The organising board of the “Xuan Truong Sa” 2022 (Spring in Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago) programme on January 12 donated money to build new houses for families of two naval soldiers, and presented 50 gifts to policy beneficiaries, dioxin victims and poor households in Nam Van commune, the northern province of Nam Dinh.

Hundreds of houses were built in the border district of Song Mai, northern Son La province, last year, under a project on mobilising resources to address housing problems for poor households.

As many as 200 gift packages worth 1,250,000 VND each were delivered to disadvantaged workers in the central province of Phu Yen on January 12 under a programme to support people in disadvantaged circumstances to have a warm Lunar New Year (Tet), which was held by Phu Yen Labour Confederation.

A ceremony was held in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang’s Nga Bay city on January 12 to kick off blood donation campaigns on the occasion of Lunar New Year and for 2022.

The Consulate General of Vietnam in Khon Kaen city of Thailand has coordinated with authorities of the host country and Laos to allow vehicles carrying Vietnamese expats from Thailand to travel to Vietnam via Laos.

The impacts of COVID-19 vaccine race to international relations in the world and Vietnam were discussed at a scientific forum held by the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) in Hanoi on January 12.

The Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs has held a virtual conference to review its implementation of the Prime Minister’s decision on providing newspapers and magazines for ethnic-populated, mountainous, and extremely difficult areas in the 2019 – 2021 period.

Border guards of central Quang Tri province successfully saved three fishermen in distress at sea on January 11.

Ho Chi Minh City will spend over 900 billion VND (40 million USD) on Tet caring for disadvantaged households and policy beneficiaries.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) expects to complete the connection of 100 percent of its administrative procedures with the National Single Window (NSW) system in the first quarter of 2022.

Authorities of the central province of Quang Ngai will earmark over 30.8 billion VND (over 1.35 million USD) sourced from the local relief fund to support households affected by floods in 2021, on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.

The High Command of Naval Zone 4 on January 11 said it has just aided a sick sailor at sea and brought him ashore for further treatment.

The Fatherland Front Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on January 11 presented 300 million VND (13,205 USD) to support Vietnamese-Cambodians in six border localities in Cambodia prior to Tet (Lunar New Year).

An annual art performance by the Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VFU) Ho Chi Minh City raised more than 10.4 billion VND (457,746 USD) on January 11 in a bid to assist needy members of the organisation in the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet).